Rock Paper Shotgun hates this game

[Thagomizer]

I trust John Walker (the author of this review) as a solid gaming critic. Weird that there are such radically different ratings for this game.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/kings-quest-chapter-1-review/

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by Blizdi:

How can you trust him? Look at his responses in the comments. "Every reviewer who agrees with me is right, everyone who disagrees with me is wrong"

He was being sarcastic. I've read enough of his stuff to be able to recognise his humour, but I understand that someone reading it without being familiar with him could take it the wrong way.

[Danatz]

Originally posted by Blizdi:

Originally posted by AJSA Dr Zeus:

He was being sarcastic. I've read enough of his stuff to be able to recognise his humour, but I understand that someone reading it without being familiar with him could take it the wrong way.

Die in a hole you ♥♥♥♥. I hope you get cancer.

LOL JK ITS JUST HUMOR LOL YOU JUST DON'T KNOW ME

^Basically what you're saying.

No not really, you are just being stupid. Plain and simple.

[timmo4444]

genuinely curious, what was the last adventure game RPS liked? bonus points if it was john walker.

[wilco64256]

It's hard to take a review seriously when it basically opens with "I hate this type of game, and I think all the original games in this series were total crap, but now I'm going to review this one anyway."

[󠀡󠀡aynhse]

I don't care what rock paper shotgun likes or hates, to me they are not a credible source for anything

[Nitehawk]

Yea, why would someone who hates adventure games and all King's Quest games want to review one. Of course he will hate it, duhh!! Might want to read a few other reviews first before making a decision to buy the game.

[Thagomizer]

One of his major criticisms about the game's interface systems is something that has annoyed me lately - the "one button does everything" way of interacting with the world.

[Thagomizer]

Originally posted by timmo4444:

genuinely curious, what was the last adventure game RPS liked? bonus points if it was john walker.

I'm not going to waste my time digging around for more examples, but Broken Age was the first thing that popped into my head:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/16/wot-i-think-broken-age/

[timmo4444]

Originally posted by AJSA Dr Zeus:

Originally posted by timmo4444:

genuinely curious, what was the last adventure game RPS liked? bonus points if it was john walker.

I'm not going to waste my time digging around for more examples, but Broken Age was the first thing that popped into my head:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/16/wot-i-think-broken-age/

weird, he really didnt like the 2nd act, which i thought was an all-around improvement.

[timmo4444]

^the ending was weird, but what felt to be continued about it? It didnt feel unfinished at all. (it was weird, and reactionary to feedback on the first act... but not "to be continued")
Also lazy does it no justice, when it has puzzle design and content that far exceeds the first act. You could complain about the reused assets, but that would be silly since it only does what any 10+ hour game would do in having you revisit locations. People judge it differently because of the kickstarter and the time it took.

[Yourgrandma]

Originally posted by timmo4444:

genuinely curious, what was the last adventure game RPS liked? bonus points if it was john walker.

This. John Walker hated Deponia for dumb reasons and i enjoyed those games quite a bit. I wouldn't trust his opinions when it comes to these games.

[Wasted]

his reviews are to be taken with a big bag of salt...

[Murray]

Blather.

[Dukie]

Rock Paper Shotgun hates it? Hmm that's a damn good reason to get it then. Thanks.

[DeadPoolX]

It does seem weird that someone who doesn't like the Adventure genre would review an Adventure game. That sort of sets up the game for a poor review.

It'd be like me reviewing an RTS game. I hate the RTS genre, so any review I did of an RTS game would automatically start off on poor footing and wouldn't give it a fair shake.

That said, reviews are just informed opinions (I know because I do a lot of them for a review website) and not everyone will like every game. I'm sure there are games I gave poor review scores to that other people loved and vice-versa.